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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

Start date: February 21, 2018

Finish date: March 10, 2018

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#43 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
#20 on Locus Magazines Best Fantasy novels of the 21th century http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCentu...
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Nov 18, 2012 Komal rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

HOLYSONOVAGUN EPIC.

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Apr 12, 2012 Ash rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-adult, 2016-read, abandoned-series, heist, kickass-women

3.5 stars
I was little (not much) disappointed with this book since I had wayyy too many expectations. I expected it to be exceptional because of all the reviews I had read earlier. It is not exceptional but it is good. It had been quite sometime since I read a fantasy book which was this good.

Positives:
1. The magic system(called Allomancy here) and the world building - it was mind-blowing. I have hardly read books where the world building was this awesome. Allomancy and Mistborn are so cool! I ...more

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Jul 14, 2014 Vicii rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own-copy, series, fantasy, sf-f-challenge-2014

Ok so this book took me nearly 3 weeks to read - but during this time my workload at work doubled when one of my team went on maternity leave 4 weeks early... so unfortunately I've been spending more time working and less time reading than I would ideally like.

But to the book. It was fantastic, it really was. I have to admit, as I know that there are more in the series, I was really surprised that this story reached a conclusion. And do you know what, I'm really pleased it did because it doesn't ...more

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Feb 04, 2012 BubblesTheMonkey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2012-rc-finished-books

This book was very exiciting and was a very good read. It kept me reading until I finished it, which was until about 2:00 AM. The characters were very well rounded (unlike many other books I have read) and had consistent personalities but also changes for the better. I'm sure glad this is a series! :) It was funny as well. My favorite character would probably be Kelsier. I also liked Sazed, Vin, Breeze, Dockson, basically all the characters... lol ...more

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